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Tasplan chief to exit, merger confirmed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... morning, it was confirmed an unconditional agreement has been signed, with a view to merge by October 2020 after comprehensive due diligence to establish the move would benefit members of both funds. The new fund's trustee and corporate functions ...

CommInsure cops $700k hawking fine

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
CommInsure has been fined $700,000 after pleading guilty to hawking offences. The Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society - a Commonwealth Bank subsidiary trading as CommInsure - has been convicted of 87 counts of offering to sell insurance products ...

State Street adds to leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... delighted for Brosnan to join the team. "Her extensive experience in institutional sales roles combined with her comprehensive product knowledge and network will enable us to meet ever-increasing client demands, and further expand our business in Australia ...

AIST finds issues with FASEA code

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... particularly intra-fund advice. "As noted in RG 244, all advice is scaled to some extent - advice is either less or more comprehensive in scope along a continuous spectrum," Scheerlinck said. "The premise that all advice is scaled is in contrast to the ...

Underperformers should not be allowed new members: Silk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... as you [deputy chair Andrew Leigh] say the Productivity Commission review - which was the most authoritative and comprehensive review that's ever been undertaken of the superannuation industry in Australia over three years - found that the average industry ...

Trustee firm expands into fund administration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... superannuation administration service to launch in early 2020. Sargon is expanding its offering, with plans to launch a comprehensive administration solution for the superannuation and funds management sectors next year. The aim of the solution is to ...

Super investment menus not what they seem: Rice Warner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... around investment choice," Rice Warner said. "By contrast, retail superannuation funds typically offer much more comprehensive investment menus, with 518 investment options on average." The large number of investment options available on retail fund ...

Cbus chief opposes default longevity requirements for CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... size fits all approach to retirement income products," Atkin said. Atkin said this seems to be the approach that comprehensive retirement income product for retirement considered while they were consulting. "This would impact our ability to tailor products ...

Chief economist update: Fed pause could be a short one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... Sino-Yankee trade deal or no deal saga. This from Bloomberg: "Chinese officials are casting doubts about reaching a comprehensive long-term trade deal with the U.S. even as the two sides get close to signing a "phase one" agreement." "In private conversations ...

US manager eyes Aussie retirement income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... portfolio, Terrain says. But in the year and a half since its first visit, Thornburg sees greater opportunity in CIPRs (Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement) for which super funds are required to have a plan in place by July 2020. Thornburg's ...